https://revistas.usal.es/cuatro/index.php/1852-9003 <p>The Revista Latinoamericana de Opinión Pública (RLOP) is the official publication of the <a href="http://www.waporlatinoamerica.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Association for Public Opinion Research Latinoamérica</a> (WAPOR Latam). Since 2020 it is edited by the <a href="http://americo.usal.es/iberoame/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instituto de Iberoamérica</a> and <a href="https://www.eusal.es/index.php/eusal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca</a>.</p> <p>One issue is published a year in Open Access continuous publication. The journal admits and publishes articles and research notes in Spanish, English and Portuguese.</p> <p>RLOP has initiated a new stage in which it will focus on the publication and dissemination of:</p> <ul> <li class="li1 show"><span class="s2">-public opinion studies that contribute to the theoretical development and empirical verification of current social and political aspects and issues;</span></li> <li class="li1 show"><span class="s2">-studies that address these issues from a national, sub-national, transnational or more global research perspective;</span></li> <li class="li1 show"><span class="s2">-studies that address the role of public opinion in political decisions, the development of public policies, electoral behavior and communication;</span></li> <li class="li1 show"><span class="s2">-evaluations and improvements in the methodology of public opinion polls, and big data and in the analysis of these types of data</span></li> </ul> <p>The journal is aimed at public opinion scholars in Latin America, whether from the academic or professional world.</p> Universidad de Salamanca en-US Revista Latinoamericana de Opinión Pública 1852-9003 <p>Authors who publish in RLOP will accept the following conditions:</p> <p>The authors retain the copyright and assign to the Journal the right of the first publication, with the work registered with the Creative Commons attribution license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).</p> https://revistas.usal.es/cuatro/index.php/1852-9003/article/view/31722 <p>The profile of migrants seeking to cross the southwest U.S. border has changed dramatically. Women currently represent approximately one third of border apprehensions at the southwest border, and many are fleeing pervasive violence and insecurity in Northern Central America. To understand these changing migration patterns, we rely upon survey data to examine the lives of women from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras who have been victims of crime within the past year and who report plans to emigrate in the near future. In comparing these women to their counterparts, we find that this group of “victim emigrants” faces an array of daily challenges and security threats that others do not, ranging from police corruption to extortion. This survey-based portrayal of the lives of those women most likely to emigrate provides a critical first step in understanding the increasingly mixed nature of Central American emigration and the consequent need for a more nuanced policy response to address the issue.</p> Mary Fran T. Malone Jonathan Hiskey Abby Córdova Diana Orcés Copyright (c) 2025 Revista Latinoamericana de Opinión Pública https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2025-03-05 2025-03-05 14 e31722 e31722 10.14201/rlop.31722